FIBT World Championships 2004
# FIBT World Championships 2004

The FIBT World Championships 2004 took place in Königssee, Germany for the fourth time, doing so previously in 1979, 1986, and 1990 (Skeleton). This marked the first time all the events were in a single location at the championships since the 1996 event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

## Bobsleigh

### Two man

| Pos | Team |
| - | - |
| Gold | Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo) |
| Silver | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann) |
| Bronze | Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske) |

### Four man

| Pos | Team |
| - | - |
| Gold | Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann. Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe) |
| Silver | Germany (Christoph Langen, Christoph Heyder, Enrico Kühn, Jens Nohka) |
| Bronze | United States (Todd Hays, Pavel Jovanovic, Bill Schuffenhauer, Steve Mesler) |

### Two woman

| Pos | Team |
| - | - |
| Gold | Germany (Susi Erdmann, Kristina Bader) |
| Silver | Germany (Sandra Prokoff, Anja Schneiderheinze) |
| Bronze | United States (Jean Racine, Vonetta Flowers) |

Erdmann earned her third straight championship medal with her third different brakewoman. Fourth-place finisher Yvonne Cernota was brakewoman with Cathleen Martini. Cernota would die less than two weeks after the World championships on the same track in a bobsleigh accident.

## Skeleton

### Men

| Pos | Athlete |
| - | - |
| Gold | Duff Gibson (CAN) |
| Silver | Florian Grassl (GER) |
| Bronze | Frank Kleber (GER) |

### Women

| Pos | Athlete |
| - | - |
| Gold | Diane Sartor (GER) |
| Silver | Lindsay Alcock (CAN) |
| Bronze | Kerstin Jürgens (GER) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
